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=Post presentation progress here:= hey guys - I was proofreading and trying to put all the slides into one presentation. It was messing with the formatting. Would you like me to just leave them 3 presentations or put them together and match the formatting? I'll try to check back here a lot till prep is over. Ruth (12-7-10 8:45am) **I think it's fine to have 3 separate ones. How are we going to do all this in 30-35 minutes? Suzy (12-7-10 10:28 am)** I can go fast if I need to. I can explain a lot, or a little, and if we need time other places, I can explain less. (2:55pm)-Ruth

12-6-10 10:40pm - I think that's a neat idea, and may help to catch the attention of the el.ed. people. If it's a lot more work though, what we're doing now is fine. I think we have a ton of info, and will do fine either way. I'm fine w/ it as is, or the change. -Ruth

**12-6-10 10:18 PM.** I just had a brainstorm. Do you think it would be better to pick ONE standard from Kindergarten, 4th grade, Junior High, and High School so they can see how it might grow it (it would be the same standard, just at different grade levels) with a guiding question that might pertain to their chosen age group? Then, at each post-it, they would have to take on the role of that age-group teacher and come up with some potential guiding questions/BIG IDEAS they could explore based on the learning target? I could model one of the ones I have now using Of Mice and Men before the activity starts. I t would mean some re-working, but I could do it if you two think it would be more meaningful. Playing Devil's Advocate, though, it IS a book for secondary education... I'm going to bed now, but I am getting up early tomorrow and could change it before I go to work and then again after work before class. Let me know... Cheers, Suzy

I still have to work it out, but I am thinking the only "powerpoint" information I will have, if any, are the directions for the activity and the specific Common Core Standards that I will address in my section. I want to do a carousel activity with giant post-it notes around the room. Each post-it will have a Common Core Standard and the mini-groups (3-4 people) will brainstorm possibilities of linking the big idea of "Am I My Brother's Keeper?" to those standards and/or why they can't link it to that particular standard. Each mini-group would be at a poster for 2 minutes, rotate, and do the same with the next standard. Is it too simplistic? I'll first give a brief intro to the Common Core, and then proceed. Thoughts?

- Tom
__**//OK, here is what I have, but it feels somewhat scattered. I'm not sure how to get it all accomplished in 10-15 minutes!. My idea in having them link to the big idea/or question, was to have them brainstorm ideas/activities they could do for that grade level based on the given standard AND the question, "Am I my brother's keeper?" I have selected 4 standards (one per giant post-it). My purpose with all of this is to expose them to the new standards and have them interact with some of them using the guiding question Burke proposes. I have my whopping 3 slides here along with the 2 page handout I thought I would give them. How can I make this more succinct?//**__


 * Tom & Suzy**
 * Here are the 2 things from the book I did with my classes the last 2 weeks. I did the question log twice, but just did the choices chart one time. I thought you guys wanted to look at them.**
 * [[file:mayella choice chart.doc]][[file:question log.doc]] //I like these, Ruth! Are you going to share them with the class?//**


 * I like the carousel activity idea. :)**
 * Ruth**

**I will be posting my presentation soon; sorry for the delay; stupidly left my book in my classroom over the weekend; don't panic yet (12.5.10.1:17)**

 * - Tom**


 * Here's what I have so far; it's fairly interactive; some of the slides need explaining - but let me know if you have any questions or if I'm leaving out anything. Thanks - Tom**


 * [[file:464 proj.pptx]]//Holy cow, ya curve wrecker! This looks fabulous. I could just as easily turn my question into the one you use for Romeo and Juliet, if you think it would be better for continuity sake. Let me know...//**

**//No - I'd stick with the question from Mice and Men. It also gives the class a more complete sense of what types of questions to focus on.//**

 * Uh... yeah - my ppt stuff isn't nearly as well done! I'm scanning in my kids' w.s. that I chose as examples @ school today. If the formatting goes well I'll be done pretty quickly. If not, it'll be a little longer. I just got home a bit ago. :) --Ruth** //I think examples of student work will be great! That's why we're put in groups, right? We all bring a little something different to the table...(I just hope I don't turn out to be the loud-mouth Aunt from out-of-town who gets everyone all in a tizzy and then breezes out). Suzy//


 * I don't think my ppt will be very extensive either. I'll get it uploaded tonight at home. I think I'm going to show tools how to build one of these from scratch (as a unit) and also how to inc. the strategies into exsisting units, which is probably more realistic for working teachers. I have some student samples I can use from M.B. as examples.**
 * Ruth**
 * [[file:464 Pres pt 1.ppt]][[file:464 Pres pt 2.ppt]][[file:464 Pres pt 3.ppt]][[file:464 Pres pt 4.ppt]][[file:464 Pres pt 5.ppt]] I didn't know your middle names! So I chopped this up, and it worked. I can put them together on a flash drive tomorrow. Suzy do you have slides?** //These look great! I have three above under "What's the big idea presentation" along with a handout I thought I would bring. I just underlined what I added earlier**//.

It says mine is too big to save on the page. I'll e-mail it to you guys. If I don't have your home e-mails, or can't find it on the wikki, I'll send it to ISU. -Ruth sfdees@comcast.net or sfdees@ilstu.edu